Problem with sending Keystrokes to a swing background window

[azrael]

Hi there,
i am having problems with sending a X keystroke to a java swing window that shall remain in the background.
What i did was the following:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1194">
    <Macro Name="Finde Fenster: javaw.exe" Expanded="True">
        <Action>
            Window.FindWindow(u'javaw.exe', u'MASP Notification with feedback', u'SunAwtFrame', None, None, None, False, 0.0, 0)
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Window.SendKeys(u'x', False)
        </Action>
    </Macro>
</EventGhost>

The window is found, if i move it or do something else, it works, but sending the keys doesn't.
Now, if i add

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    <Action>
        Window.BringToFront()
    </Action>

before the sendKeys, it works. But the thing is i'd like to keep the window in the background, keeping it invisible from the user. If i test the same thing with notepad, it works. But the java swing application wil only handle the keystrokes if it is in the foreground/focused.

Is there a fix available for this apart from not automating java swing applications at all? Maybe to use the mouse to click a button while the window is in the background (didnt manage to do that)?

Regards,

Paul